What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73932 and 73947?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73932 and 73947 is 3.

GCF(73932,73947) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73932 and 73947, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73932 and 73947.

How to find the GCF of 73932 and 73947?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73932 and 73947. After we will calculate the factors of 73932 and 73947 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73932

Prime factors of 73932 are 2, 3, 61, 101. Prime factorization of 73932 in exponential form is:

73932 = 2² × 3¹ × 61¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73947

Prime factors of 73947 are 3, 157. Prime factorization of 73947 in exponential form is:

73947 = 3¹ × 157²

Step-3: Factors of 73932

List of positive integer factors of 73932 that divides 73932 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 61, 101, 122, 183, 202, 244, 303, 366, 404, 606, 732, 1212, 6161, 12322, 18483, 24644, 36966

Step-4: Factors of 73947

List of positive integer factors of 73947 that divides 73932 without a remainder.

1, 3, 157, 471, 24649

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73932 and 73947. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73932 and 73947 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 73932 and 73947